World Atlas of Income Inequality (gini coefficients)

The gini coefficient is measured on a scale of 0 (complete equality) to 1 (complete inequality—one individual receiving all income)
<0.25	0.25-0.3	0.3-0.35	0.35-0.4	0.4-0.45	0.45-0.5	0.5-0.55	>0.55	NA

sources: United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2007/2008; Inter-American Development Bank, Facing Up to Inequality in Latin America (Washington: Johns Hopkins, 1998), 13; World Bank; Xinhua, “China suffers widening income gap,” 7 January 2007.

last updated: 14 April 2008

© 1999 Andrew Reding, Project Director and Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute

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